Kelly McCarthy // Attic Apothecary
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​Practitioners of other modalities in Philadelphia

Maleata Ragin / energy work, reiki, doula, herbs / @HealToLive on instagram
Cara Robiteau / Acupuncture in Motion / chinese herbs and acupuncture
Sara Yassky / somatics, massage, and psychotherapy
August Zee / massage and body-based education
Nasrene Kordani / sliding scale massage
Julia Taylor / Bodywork and craniosacral
Mariko Wirth / Acupuncture
Monica Fauble / Acupuncture
Beth Blum / Osteopath, specializing in OMM
Queer therapists in Philly


If you’re looking for a BIPOC herbalist who does consultations

Jess Turner / https://www.olaminabotanicals.com/
Regina Kankinza / www.inheritblooms.com
Andrea Jácome / https://www.cocarosa.com/
Geo Edwards / www.nuhealingarts.com
Melonee / www.ancestralherbiary.com
Adaku Utah / www.adakuutah.com
Elokin Orton - Cheung / http://www.shootingstarbotanicals.org/
Amanda David / www.rootworkherbals.com
Angela Angel / specializing in Phillipine herbs and energy work
Dr. Carina Lopez / www.vitalisthealingtraditions.com
Mandana Boushee / www.mandanaboushee.com
Dr. Jus Crea Giammarino / www.naturopathicmedicaldoc.com
Lara Pacheco / www.seedandthistle.com
Maya Blow / https://www.starrootmedicine.com
Ricky Bratz / cazimihealing.com
Sara Abdullah / earthseedholistic.com
Lizanne Deliz / http://www.energeticherbalism.com/

If you’re looking for a BIPOC herbalist teaching classes

Sade Musa / @RootsOfResistance on Instagram
Divine Bailey Nicholas / www.divinebirthwisdom.com
Sara Abdullah / earthseedholisitic.com
Toi Scott / Herbal Freedom School / BIPOC Communiversity 
Sobande Greer / Natural Choices Botanica - centering contributions by African Americans
Empress Karen Rose / Sacred Vibes Apothecary
Amanda David / The People’s Medicine School / Rootwork Herbals
Stephanie Morningstar, Oneida, Turtle clan, Lotinosho:ni/Haudenosaunee & German/English ancestral lineages / Sky World Apothecary
Shabina LaFleur-Gangji / Seed Soil and Spirit School
Lara Pacheco / Atabey Medicine Apprenticeship
Lucretia VanDyke / https://www.wildabundance.net/classes-overview/

​Medicine Makers who sell online

Alicia A. Cook, Konwahonwihsen Mohawk (Kanienkehaka) Nation, Wolf Clan / www.canoewomanherbs.com
Ateyba Choreto Medicinals / focusing on Appalachian and Puerto Rican medicines
Karen Culpepper / Sacred Whore Line
Andrea Jácome / https://www.cocarosa.com/
Jamesa Hawthorne / https://www.jamhawherbals.com/
Jennifer Patterson / www.corpusritual.com
Lauren Giambrone / www.goodfightherbco.com
Nikki Minor / https://chicoryzine.bigcartel.com/
Harlon / https://www.baddogherbs.com/shop
Lizanne Deliz / http://www.energeticherbalism.com/


Herbal Books I Like

Working The Roots: over 400 years of Traditional African American Healing by Michelle Lee
Plants Have So Much To Give, All We Have to Do is Ask by Mary Siisip Genuisz
Jambalaya by Luisah Teish
Native Plants, Native Healing by Tis Mal Crow
Farming While Black by Leah Penniman
Family Herbal by Rosemary Gladstar
The Modern Herbal by Maude Grieve
Healing with the Herbs of Life by Leslie Tierra
Medical Herbalism by David Hoffman
The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism by Matthew Wood (energetics)
The Earthwise Herbal (1 and 2) by Matthew Wood
DIY Bitters by Guido Mase and Jovial King
Botany in a Day by Thomas Elpel

​Places to Source Herbs

Local fresh herbs:
Lancaster Farmacy
Tooth of the Lion Farm
True Love Seeds - herbs and seeds (Owen Taylor)
Barefoot Botanicals
Geraldine Lavin keeps an updated list of small growers selling bulk herbs here.

Dry, not local herbs:
Pacific Botanicals - online
Foster Farm Botanicals - online

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707 S. 50th St., second floor, Philadelphia PA 19143
 atticapothecary@gmail.com
  • Learn With Me
    • Upcoming Classes
    • Clinical Observation
    • Free
    • Goldenrod Herbal Studies
  • Consultations
    • Herbal and Somatic Consultations
    • Collective Consultations
    • Free Clinic
    • How and Why Sliding Scale?
  • Apothecary
  • About Kelly
  • Resources